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Re: New draft/FA/offseason thread

I was pretty sure Alabama was going to win this game, but I did NOT expect Notre Dame to just get completely destroyed. They'll roll over now.

In non-BCS Championship news... one of my favorite sleeper prospects declared for the draft today. San Diego State TE Gavin Escobar. 6'5 255, great athlete with fantastic hands. Another Gronkowski-esque "mismatch" player albeit not a fantastic blocker at this point.

Wicked, you look at him at all? He doesn't have the hype of Eifert but if the Ravens want a TE, he's a great option.

Re: New draft/FA/offseason thread

Which is funny because Kelly's offense was all about creating space in the passing game. Alabama just has an answer for everything. Makes you wonder how in the world ND got to he ranked #1.

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ND got away with at least 4 extremely close games where, I don't want to say they got "lucky", but the ball clearly bounced their way.

And basically all of their big name rivals had down years...USC, Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue etc...and they struggled to beat most of them. Even thier "scheduled" big names were against teams that had down years...Miami and even OU who IMHO were a solid team, but were not a legit top 10 team where they were ranked most of the year.

The only "legit" top team they played this year was Stanford IMHO.

Although Walsh's system of offense can compensate for lack of talent; however, defense is a different story. According to Walsh, talent on defense was essential and could not be compensated for. What did Walsh do in 1981? He acquired physical and talented players on defense.

Re: New draft/FA/offseason thread

Originally Posted by iggyman555

its good to be aj mccaron

They can show his girlfriend as many times as they want...wow. Just as impressive as the football team.

Although Walsh's system of offense can compensate for lack of talent; however, defense is a different story. According to Walsh, talent on defense was essential and could not be compensated for. What did Walsh do in 1981? He acquired physical and talented players on defense.

Re: New draft/FA/offseason thread

I read something somewhere that since the game started, she has gained something like 15k twitter followers lol.

Although Walsh's system of offense can compensate for lack of talent; however, defense is a different story. According to Walsh, talent on defense was essential and could not be compensated for. What did Walsh do in 1981? He acquired physical and talented players on defense.

I was pretty sure Alabama was going to win this game, but I did NOT expect Notre Dame to just get completely destroyed. They'll roll over now.

In non-BCS Championship news... one of my favorite sleeper prospects declared for the draft today. San Diego State TE Gavin Escobar. 6'5 255, great athlete with fantastic hands. Another Gronkowski-esque "mismatch" player albeit not a fantastic blocker at this point.

Wicked, you look at him at all? He doesn't have the hype of Eifert but if the Ravens want a TE, he's a great option.

Best receiving TE I've watched this year. Very athletic. More so a Hernandez than a Gronk IMO but I get what you mean.

I like him but took him off our list b/c I'm over-valuing blocking for this Draft.

"On their way to the podium, the Ravens FO is going to collectively step over my dead body and select...Breshad Perriman." -- Me, the day before the Draft

Re: New draft/FA/offseason thread

Best receiving TE I've watched this year. Very athletic. More so a Hernandez than a Gronk IMO but I get what you mean.

I like him but took him off our list b/c I'm over-valuing blocking for this Draft.

Yeah, he's not the freight train in the open field that Gronkowski is, much more elusive like Hernandez. He does have a good bit of experience playing up on the line although he also lined up out wide. I compared him to Gronkowski because if the Ravens drafted him, he would be the traditional in-line guy with Pitta playing the "move" role.

Escobar isn't a bad blocker, and he could get better. He's certainly not a 6th offensive lineman like Michael Williams or Dion Sims, though. Now Wicked has me thinking about what the Ravens could do with 2 super-athletic tight ends that can actually catch...

Would the Ravens give up on Dickson at this point? He's an RFA this year... would some TE-needy team ship us a 5th round pick for him?